Title: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Health Inequalities: International Perspectives in Social Work, Julie Fish and Kate Karban (eds)
Abstract:Social work has arguably been swept up in more of the ‘psy’ than ‘social’ in recent years, with individualisation and marketisation dominating public life and filtering through to service design and p...Social work has arguably been swept up in more of the ‘psy’ than ‘social’ in recent years, with individualisation and marketisation dominating public life and filtering through to service design and provision. New media are saturated with stories of ‘individual empowerment’ and ‘awareness raising’ as though these were all it takes to shift deeply unequal social relations. This text is a welcome and timely anathema to such discourses so prevalent in contemporary societies. It achieves the broadening of analysis beyond the individual by mapping patterns of inequality in various social and national contexts. Yet this is only the start of this fascinating collection. Part One of the edited collection sets out an ambitious task: to take the reader through Canadian, Italian, Indian and Welsh landscapes with enough depth to connect patterns of inequality in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) health. This task is achieved and the content is presented in a clear and consistent ‘voice’. The first part of the book is important in establishing the social dimension to health inequalities for LGBT-identified people. Here, legislative frameworks, policies and research are called upon to make the case for patterned inequalities which persist internationally. The complexities related to LGBT experiences are highlighted, with, for example, research highlighting the disparity between so-called ‘progressive’ societies still failing their non-heterosexual citizens.Read More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-05-19
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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